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MetaTrader 4 Platform

ActivTrades offers access to the MetaTrader 4 platform free of charge (Data charges may apply). MetaTrader 4 is very simple, and you can easily learn it and customize it, even if you are a novice trader. MT4 can also accommodate the needs of professional traders managing trading accounts for their clients or using complex trading algorithms.

With MetaTrader 4, you can have all the information you need wrapped around your work area.

Place your orders in a few clicks with a professional execution or use one click trading

Unlimited charts, real time quotes

Market orders and pending orders for long and short positions

Economic news headlines

Microlot and Minilot trading

Integrated trading statements

Historic data centre and strategy back testing

Price alerts and trailing stops

Mobile Trading available

Multilingual platform – 21 languages available

Market Watch – Use it to see the contracts you trade and display them according to your needs. Drag and drop a contract in the work area to open a new chart or into a chart to replace the current contract chart. For faster access to charts and orders, you can restrict the number of contracts by creating your own watchlist. For detailed instructions check the Managing Account section in FAQs. The maximum number of contracts visible is limited to 100.

Navigator – Access all your accounts and drag and drop your indicators, expert advisors and scripts straight into your charts. MetaTrader comes preloaded with over 50 indicators. However if you need an indicator that is not preloaded you will be able to find hundreds more in the MQL community.

The order execution window gives you all the information you need in order to trade. Check the Tick Chart and define your desired market exposure by changing the volume. You will also be able to choose different types of orders.

If you want to trade but do not wish to do it yourself or would rather follow a professional trader you can use the community trading feature and copy signals choosing from any of the providers that currently use the MetaTrader platform to distribute their trading strategies.

Technical Analysis

There are a plethora of preloaded technical indicators and charts for even the most professional technical analyst. With multiple indicators to a limitless set of chart windows, long & short term timeframes which can be used to refine trade entry and exit points.

Mobile Trading

MetaTrader 4 is available for Android and iPhone allowing you to trade and check your account from wherever you are. Using your smartphone or tablet you can access the main features of the platform. Feel free to explore all the features of our mobile platforms here.

MetaTrader 4 for Mac

Two simple solutions exist to trade with a Mac OS operating system on MetaTrader 4:

Trading via VPS
By installing our Virtual Private Server on your MAC, you are able to host your dedicated server in a secure environment and also access pre-installed versions of both MT4 and MT5.
Please click here for more information.

MetaQuotes on Mac OS
MetaQuotes, developers of MetaTrader 4, recommends an emulator called Wine, a free easy to install software. With a simple application called PlayOnMac, it enables the installation of MT4 on your Mac OS operating system.
Please click here to consult the manual of installation.

Exclusive Add-ons

ActivTrades Clients can also benefit from exclusive tools designed to greatly increase the potential of the MetaTrader platform. When you become a client of ActivTrades you will have access to unique tools that aim to improve your trading and make MetaTrader 4 an even more powerful trading platform.

Try now a Demo account and see for yourself all the advantages that the MetaTrader Platform has to offer.

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